Which returned more over the last year, DVY or XLK?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or XLK?

XLK is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DVY and XLK overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 100% of XLK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to XLK's +27.1%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF and $125.0bn for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; XLK is 5.3 times larger.

DVY vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	XLK
Return
Measure	DVY	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	XLK
Below its high		5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	XLK
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	XLK
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	XLK
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	64.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and XLK hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY XLK

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 1.38%

HP INC 2.54% 0.18%

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Only in DVY

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.61%

Only in XLK

NVIDIA CORP 15.22%

APPLE INC 14.62%

MICROSOFT CORP 11.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

BROADCOM INC 4.70%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%

INTEL CORP 2.72%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Technology

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +27.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 99.9%

Holdings 101 76

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $125.0bn

DVY and XLK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DVY or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or XLK?: XLK is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DVY and XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 100% of XLK by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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